Big Changes May Be In Store For LinkedIn

May 5, 2008

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Now that most of the Microsoft-Yahoo stuff is (at least temporarily) out of the way, it's time for the rumor mill to latch onto some other topic. One contender is the possible acquisition of LinkedIn.

LinkedIn CEO' /><br /> Dan Nye, CEO Of LinkedIn<p>LinkedIn has long been surrounded by talk of acquisitions and IPOs. The company's user base is small (at least compared to MySpace or Facebook), but the users are wealthy and influential enough to make up the difference in advertisers' minds. Never mind pitching to poor college kids; how about CEOs?</p>
<p>So here we go again, although not with too much evidence. <a href=

In terms of buyers, Eldon mentions News Corp. Another possibility is Google, since it's been so interested in building up a social presence lately. Dan Nye, the CEO of LinkedIn, once said that it would take "

Don't forget the IPO option, either. This might not look like a fantastic time to enter the stock market, but the nice thing about LinkedIn's rich users and business-oriented network is that they'll likely "power through" a recession.